Shipping case



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B. M. WILLIAMS SHIPPING CASE Filed Dec. 2a, 1933 June 19,1934,

Invent or B. M. Williams BY @QQW Atty FIG June 19, 1934.- w Ms 1,963,603

' SHIPPING CASE Filed Dec. 25, 1933 2 Shets-Shee 2 Inventor B. M. Williams panel along Patented June 19, 1934 SHIPPING CASE Benjamin M. Williams, St. Louis, Robert Gaylord, Incorporated, corporation of Missouri Mo., assignor to St. Louis, Mo., 2.

Application December 26, 1933, Serial No. 703,966

3 Claims.

My invention relates to a shipping case and particularly to a shipping case formed of fiberboard or similar material which will have the necessary strength and rigidity to enable it to withstand the usage to which it is subjected when used for shipping and storing heavy and bulky articles, such as meat products.

One object of my invention is to produce a case of the class referred to which will be of simple construction and in the manufacture of which there will be a minimum waste of material.

Another object of my invention is to provide improved fastening means for the cover of the case, which fastening means will also provide hand-holds for lifting the case.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one form of packing case made in accordance with my invention, Figure 1 is a side view, partly in elevation and partly in section; Figure 2 is a top plan view, a part of the cover being broken away; Figure 3 is an end view with the cover removed; Figure 4 is a perspective view of one corner of the body of the case; Figure 5 is a plan view of the main body blank; Figure 6 is a plan view of the cover blank; and Figure '7 is a plan view of one of the end blanks.

The case may be made of any bendable material, such as fiberboard, and is formed from four blanks, one like that shown in Figure 5 and two like that shown in Figure '1 being used to form the body of the case, and the cover being formed from one like that shown in Figure 6. The main body blank comprises a bottom panel 1 and a pair of side panels 2 with crease lines 3 at their joining sides. Projecting from the ends of the bottom panel are a pair of flanges 4 adapted to be bent at right-angles to the panel along crease lines 5. Projecting from the ends of the side panelsare flanges 6 adapted to be bent at right-angles to said panels along crease lines '7. The side panels are also each provided with a flap 8 to be bent over along a crease line 9. The ends of the body are each formed from a blank like that shown in Figure '7 and comprise an end panel 10, a pair of reinforcing strips 11, and a plate 12, the strips being adapted to be bent at right-angles to the single crease lines 13 and the plate being adapted to be bent down parallel with the panel along double crease lines 14.

To assemble the body of the case the above described blanks are bent along the crease lines as indicated, except that the flaps 8 are allowed to remain in the plane of the side panels. The end panels are positioned against the inner faces of the flanges 4 and 6, the plate 12 lying against the outer faces of the flanges 6, and the parts secured together by staples means.

between the end panel and the 15 or equivalent fastening As the upper ends of the flanges 6 lie plates, these parts are separated to form a pocket 16, best shown in Figure 4, for the reception of a locking tongue on the cover, as will The cover, formed Figure 6, comprises be hereinafter described.

from the blank shown in a top panel 17, a pair of side flanges l8, and a pair of end flanges 19. The

flanges 18 and 19 are panel 1''! along crease from 1y. Extending bent at right-angles to the lines 20 and 21, respectivethe ends of the flanges 19 are tabs 22 bent over on crease line 23 so as to overlap the flanges 18 to which they are attached by staples 15 or other fastening means. Formed on each flange 19 is a locking tongue 24 which may be bent parallel with the flange 19 along double crease lines 25 so as to enter the pocket 16 to secure the cover in position and form a hand-hold.

After the contents have of the case the flaps sition 4 to form a seat for telescopically applied to tongues 24 remaining in has been placed in position,

19 until the cover after which they are During shipment, I by a sealing band but the case may such band as the when lifting the case, presses into their pockets.

shown in Figure 3 to 8 are tucked into the pockets 16. prefer to encircle the case (not shown) of any usual form, he handled effectively without on the handholds, the locking tongues pressure Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A packing case body comprising bottom, side and end walls, a plate for eachend wall, said plate being secured at its extremities to the end wall, a pocket being formed between the securing means, and a telescopic cover, said cover being provided at each end with a locking tongue entering one of said 2. A packing case side walls provided positioned against a plate for each cured at its extremit therefrom and a telescopic cov at each end with a of said pockets.

pockets.

body comprising bottom and with end flanges, end walls the inner faces of said flanges, end wall, said plate being seies to the end wall but spaced by the end flanges of the side walls to form a pocket intermediate the securing means,

er, said cover being provided locking tongue entering one therefrom by the flanges of the side walls to form a pocket intermediate the securing means, and a telescopic cover seating on said flaps, said cover being provided at each end with a locking tongue entering one of said pockets.

BENJAMIN M. WILLIAMS. 

